diff --git a/powerline/ext/tmux/segments.py b/powerline/ext/tmux/segments.py
index c42c5faf..9f952628 100644
--- a/powerline/ext/tmux/segments.py
+++ b/powerline/ext/tmux/segments.py
@@ -2,10 +2,94 @@
 
 import os
 
+from powerline.lib.memoize import memoize
 
-def user_name():
-	user_name = os.environ.get('USER')
+# Weather condition code descriptions available at http://developer.yahoo.com/weather/#codes
+weather_conditions_codes = {
+	u'〇': [25, 34],
+	u'⚑': [24],
+	u'☔': [5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 35, 40, 45, 47],
+	u'☁': range(26, 30) + [44],
+	u'❅': [7] + range(13, 18) + [41, 42, 43, 46],
+	u'☈': range(0, 4) + range(37, 39),
+	u'〰': range(19, 23),
+	u'☼': [32, 36],
+	u'☾': [31, 33],
+}
+
+
+def date(format='%Y-%m-%d'):
+	from datetime import datetime
+	return datetime.now().strftime(format)
+
+
+@memoize(600, persistent=True)
+def external_ip(query_url='http://icanhazip.com/'):
+	import urllib2
+	try:
+		return urllib2.urlopen(query_url).read().strip()
+	except urllib2.HTTPError:
+		return
+
+
+def system_load(format='{avg[0]:.1f}, {avg[1]:.1f}, {avg[2]:.1f}'):
+	from multiprocessing import cpu_count
+	averages = os.getloadavg()
+	normalized = averages[1] / cpu_count()
+	if normalized < 1:
+		gradient = 'system_load_good'
+	elif normalized < 2:
+		gradient = 'system_load_bad'
+	else:
+		gradient = 'system_load_ugly'
 	return {
-		'contents': user_name,
-		'highlight': 'user_name' if user_name != 'root' else ['user_name_root', 'user_name'],
+		'contents': format.format(avg=averages),
+		'highlight': [gradient, 'system_load']
 	}
+
+
+def uptime(format='{days:02d}d {hours:02d}h {minutes:02d}m'):
+	# TODO: make this work with operating systems without /proc/uptime
+	try:
+		with open('/proc/uptime', 'r') as f:
+			seconds = int(float(f.readline().split()[0]))
+			minutes, seconds = divmod(seconds, 60)
+			hours, minutes = divmod(minutes, 60)
+			days, hours = divmod(hours, 24)
+
+			return format.format(days=int(days), hours=hours, minutes=minutes)
+	except IOError:
+		pass
+
+
+@memoize(600, persistent=True)
+def forecast(unit='c', location_query=None):
+	import json
+	import urllib
+	import urllib2
+
+	if not location_query:
+		try:
+			location = json.loads(urllib2.urlopen('http://freegeoip.net/json/' + external_ip()).read())
+			location_query = ','.join([location['city'], location['region_name'], location['country_name']])
+		except ValueError:
+			return None
+
+	query_data = {
+		'q':
+			'use "http://github.com/yql/yql-tables/raw/master/weather/weather.bylocation.xml" as we;'
+			'select * from we where location="{0}" and unit="{1}"'.format(location_query, unit),
+		'format': 'json'
+	}
+	url = 'http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?' + urllib.urlencode(query_data)
+	response = json.loads(urllib2.urlopen(url).read())
+
+	condition = response['query']['results']['weather']['rss']['channel']['item']['condition']
+	condition_code = int(condition['code'])
+	icon = u'〇'
+
+	for icon, codes in weather_conditions_codes.items():
+		if condition_code in codes:
+			break
+
+	return u'{0}  {1}°{2}'.format(icon, condition['temp'], unit.upper())